Example sentences of "[adv] though they may " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be grown in a large number of different ways but are typically one or two microns thick though they may be millimetres or even centimetres long . |
| 2 | They do this even though they may break the conventions from time to time . |
| 3 | suddenly , everybody rejects the group , even though they may be fantastic . |
| 4 | In addition he has stressed the crankish nature of many of its supporters and the fact that it drew that support from only a very small section of the working class — even though they may have formed a significant proportion of the BUF 's small membership of between 5,000 and 40,000 members throughout the 1930s . |
| 5 | In addition Mr Patient is very likely to have had one or two close friends , probably from some ti me back in his life history , who may be dramatically affected by his death , even though they may not be visibly there close by or apparently very emotionally involved . |
| 6 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 7 | The ability to learn such social skills may come slowly , but can in most cases be taught so that the child learns to behave in a socially acceptable fashion even though they may have limited academic ability . |
| 8 | This may be of advantage to the developer too , attracting passers-by , even though they may initially be looking for a short cut . |
| 9 | Large district libraries with bookstocks of between 40,000 to 100,000 volumes should ‘ meet the demands of all those whose main need is for books and information on specific subjects , even though they may not be engaged in formal study ’ , and also ‘ meet the needs of those who wish to select their books from a wide range of cultural or recreational materials of high standard ’ . |
| 10 | Other ad hoc groups beyond the reach of the MISC series can have a considerable impact , even though they may only meet once or twice . |
| 11 | On every occasion there was a suicide attempt , we would find out that the other had attempted suicide at the identical time , even though they may have been hundreds of miles apart and not seen each other for months . |
| 12 | Even though they may have worked and set up home separately , they have never quite left the role of dependent daughter . |
| 13 | There is an ever-present temptation to take the easy way out and concentrate on items that are ‘ sexy ’ even though they may be irrelevant or misleading . |
| 14 | Their inability to concentrate or order their thoughts means that they generally do not learn much at school , even though they may be quite intelligent . |
| 15 | The distinction between the first two is blurred by the fact that more than one principal working together with another will de facto be in partnership even though they may have no formal agreement between them . |
| 16 | The company structure introduces the statutory requirement for an audit and the concept of directors ' liability even though they may not be shareholders . |
| 17 | The literal translation of onyxectomy , however , is simply ‘ nail-cutting-out ’ and that is what vets are doing , even though they may not like to be reminded of the fact when they record their day 's work . |
| 18 | For domesticated felines remain ‘ part-kitten ’ all through their lives , and even though they may be middle-aged in feline terms they still look upon their human owners as their mothers . |
| 19 | Even though they may protest that they are perfectly capable of driving , they wo n't be . |
| 20 | Member states may , however , demand standards which are more stringent than the ‘ essential ’ standards , but only for their own domestically produced products or services ; they can not prevent the importation of products that comply with Community essential standards even though they may fail to comply with the more stringent domestic standards . |
| 21 | At least it does so in regions of ancient written culture like Europe , where the same names for ethnic groups persist over long periods , even though they may describe quite different and changing social realities . |
| 22 | Task allocation also means that nurses become very familiar with doing particular procedures , even though they may not give much thought to why they are doing something . |
| 23 | Because the professional services will have been supplied to the landlord , only the landlord may recover as his input tax the VAT on those costs , even though they may have been borne by the tenant : because the expense is not on a supply to the tenant , the tenant can not deduct the VAT as input tax . |
| 24 | It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance . |
| 25 | Even though they may already be thinking about their appearance , and becoming fashion-conscious , on many occasions all this is forgotten and , in running , dancing or laughing , they revert to a natural ease through which a certain innocence shines . |
| 26 | The high incidence of vessels compared with dishes may , as Evison suggests ( ibid. ) , imply that they arrived as containers of oil or wine ; the crude workmanship of some examples may emphasise that the contents were more important than the packaging , even though they may have been viewed as valuable objects in some secondary function . |
| 27 | Other people 's prejudices are not difficult to discern , even though they may not come right out with it . |
| 28 | Neither Orcs nor Goblins are particularly technically minded , but they build fast and strong so their devices usually work even though they may appear crude in comparison to human constructions . |
| 29 | Differences between black women psychologists are ignored , even though they may sometimes be more important than their similarities . |
| 30 | Thus , even though they may for professional purposes , guarantee their subjects ' anonymity in return for access , they nevertheless stress that behind the ‘ sources in Whitehall ’ or ‘ the people of Hicktown ’ there are indeed real people ; thus establishing both their veracity and their morality . |